Nevertheless // Judges 2:7–23

In this message, Josh goes through Judges 2:7–23. Josh touches on how the Israelites failed to learn from their history and mistakes and continued to make similar mistakes. The Israelites fell into a cycle of abandoning God, being punished by God, repenting of their sins, and then being restored by God. They had relied on God in times of need but had forgotten the blessings that God had given them when they had become comfortable again and settled. Though they had turned and had forsaken God with worshipped other gods, the lord did not leave or forsake them, and when his children had cried out, the lord reached out in deliverance. God desires to bring us the remedy for our problems, but sometimes we get comfortable where we are and can fall into sin and settle until we go through the consequences. Are we to wait until we are in times of trouble to remember the Lord? Or are we going to continue to long for him even when times are easy and when we have received his blessings?